Daily Word

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:15. In addition to justification and freedom from condemnation, believers are taken into the family of God and are persuaded by the Spirit that they belong there. The cry of the believer, “Abba! Father!” indicates how vividly union with Christ was realized in the experience of the NT church. The cry is an expression of an assured awareness of sonship. The idea of adoption does not appear in the OT legal system, and Paul seems to have borrowed this apt concept from Roman law, filling it out with the biblical theology of God’s fatherhood over His people. Interestingly, today’s church seems more interested in creating experiences with signs and wonders, prophetic sharing etc…that our union with Christ having been justified and set free is no longer fulfilling enough. What makes you cry “Abba! Father”, or when was the last time you did for the right reason?